Would anyone believe that we’d get to a fifth Pirates of the Caribbean movie back in 2003? Probably not, but here we are. The fifth go around with Captain Jack Sparrow is here, nearly six years after the last voyage in On Stranger Tides. A lot has changed since the last installment of the hit Disney franchise, and while there are still some fun moments to be had in Dead Men Tell No Tales, there are some major signs of franchise fatigue setting in. Read the rest of this entry →

The past two weeks have been pretty wild for Marvel Studios. Kevin Feige, the head of Marvel Studios, no longer has to answer to Ike Perlmutter, the head of Marvel Comics. Instead, Feige will now answer directly to the head of Disney Studios, Alan Horn. With Kevin Feige no longer having to answer to the CEO of Marvel, and the disbanding of the “Marvel Creative Committee”, one wouldn’t be wrong in assuming that this is the beginning of the end for the mighty Marvel Studios. But is this really the case? Read the rest of this entry →